Oct. 15, 2012

Workout benefits: Personal trainer Mike Williams, trains 12-year-old Mike Landsman in Brentwood, Tenn. A Canadian study found a small amount of activity helps young people with issues such as body dissatisfaction, social alienation and low self-esteem. Gannett News Service, Michael Clancy/The Tennessean

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Even a little exercise can improve the mental health of overweight teens, according to new research. A Canadian study found a small amount of activity helps these young people with issues such as body dissatisfaction, social alienation and low self-esteem.

"The first thing I tell teens and parents struggling with their weight in my practice is to throw away the scale," Dr. Gary Goldfield, a psychologist and clinical researcher at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, said in a hospital news ...